# Salvaged School Seats Brothers Dressler Deconstructs Grade School Chairs By Meghan Young | Published 2010-05-18 | Art & Design Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/brothers-dressler1 References: [fastcompany](http://www.fastcompany.com/1647626/icff-2010-chairs-for-naughty-schoolchildren) & [brothersdressler](http://www.brothersdressler.com/) Displaying a little more creativity than rough (and often naughty) etchings found on wooden school seats, Brothers Dressler has vandalized school property -- but in a very constructive manner. Deconstructing standard [school chairs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/atypical-chair), they have designed a line that is both nostalgic and new. With 93 [steel-framed assembly chairs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/barred-collection) at hand, Brothers Dressler fitted each with [new legs, backs and frames](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/stedelijk-chair). Eclectic and utterly unique, they debuted just this past weekend at Billy Reid during NoHo Design Week. Once you've browsed through the gallery above, check out some of Brothers Dressler's [past work](http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/brothers-dressler). ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 1.6/10 - Popularity: 1% | Activity: 38% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe, Asia ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Art & Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/artdesign) > [Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/design) ## Key Themes ### What Makes This Trend Stand Out - **Upcycled Furniture:** Brothers Dressler's line of school chairs deconstructed and repurposed into new unique pieces foreshadows a disruptive innovation opportunity for upcycling old furniture using creative designs. - **Sustainable School Furniture:** Brothers Dressler's design technique for school chairs proposes a need for more sustainable school furniture by using and repurposing existing materials as a new way to reduce waste and promote sustainability. - **Vintage Revival:** Brothers Dressler's design approach suggests a boom in demand for vintage school furniture reimagined into contemporary pieces and disrupting the furniture industry by reviving historical pieces into new designs. ### Sectors Adopting This - **Furniture Design:** Brothers Dressler's design of repurposing school chairs presents a disruptive innovation opportunity to explore new design techniques and ways of creating sustainable furniture in the furniture industry. - **Sustainability:** Brothers Dressler's approach for designing furniture presents an opportunity for sustainability in the furniture and environmental industry by introducing and repurposing materials to prevent waste and promote sustainability. - **Education:** Brothers Dressler's redesign of school chairs proposes an opportunity for the education industry to rethink traditional school furniture design and repurpose used materials to create a sustainable and unique learning environment. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Archival Furniture Exhibits](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/grain-pile.md) - [Repair-Friendly School Chairs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/carrousel-chair.md) - [Recycled Seating Installations](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/atlanta-airport-chairs.md) - [Broken Bike Lock Furniture](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/people-and-places.md) - [Colorful School Desk Designs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/clever-school-desk1.md) - [Recycled Dynamic Seating](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/bultan-chair.md) - [Bold Community-Reflected Chairs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-flap-chair.md) - [Kid-Designed Sculptural Furniture](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/galerie-philia.md) - [Sustainable Revived Furniture](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/j395-chair-series.md)